ABSTRACT: Preface, by Radhika Coomaraswamy.
Foreword, by Jaap E. Doek.
Introduction: Children Aff ected by Armed Confl ict at the Intersection of Th
ree Fields of Study, by Cindy Mels, Ilse Derluyn, Stephan Parmentier and
Wouter Vandenhole.
PART I SETTING THE SCENE: THREE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES:.
1. International Legal Protection for the Recovery and Reintegration of
War-Affected Children, by Bo Viktor Nylund.
2. Psychosocial Well-Being and the Integration of War-Aff ected Children:
Toward a Community Resilience Approach, by Michael Wessells.
3. Integrating Transitional Justice and Disarmament, Demobilisation and
Reintegration: Th e Need to Achieve Rehabilitation, Reintegration and
Reconciliation for Child Soldiers and Child Victims of Enforced
Disappearances, by Jeremy Sarkin.
PART II LESSONS LEARNT FROM CURRENT PRACTICES AND APPROACHES:.
4. And the Children Learned Not to Cry: Stories About Children and
Transitional Justice in Latin America, by Javier Ciurlizza.
5. When Hurbinek Survives. Transitional Justice and Children’s Rights: Lessons
Learnt from Rwanda, by Pietro Sullo.
6. “We Have Life Without Living”: Addressing the Legacies of Genocide for
Rwanda’s Children and Youth, by Kirrily Pells.
7. Rehabilitating Separated Children Th rough Holistic, Community-Based
Models, by Jessica Muir and Elhum Shakerifar.
8. Release and Reintegration of Child Soldiers: One Part of a Bigger Puzzle,
by Lucia Withers.
9. No Return Home: Th e (Non-)Reintegration of Youth Ex-Combatants in Sierra
Leone as a Challenge to the Contextualisation of DDR and Transitional Justice,
by Martien Schotsmans.
10. Support to the Education and Livelihoods of War-Aff ected Children and
Youth in Northern Uganda, by Ann Lorschiedter and Femke Bannink-Mbazzi.
11. Transitional Justice Implications for the Use of Child Soldiers in
Eritrea, by Daniel R. Mekonnen.
12. Children in Twentieth Century Europe Aff ected by War: Historical
Experiences in Giving Them Refuge, by Frank Caestecker.
PART III EXPLORING RESOURCES THROUGH EMPIRICAL RESEARCH:.
13. Life in Rebel Captivity and its Challenges for the Psychosocial
Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers: The Case of
Northern Uganda, by Sofi e Vindevogel, Kathleen Coppens, Ilse Derluyn, Gerrit
Loots and Eric Broekaert.
14. Psychosocial Care in Rehabilitation Centres for Former Child Soldiers in
Northern Uganda, by Kathleen Coppens, Sofie Vindevogel, Ilse Derluyn, Gerrit
Loots and Eric Broekaert.
15. Lessons Learnt from the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Girl Mothers
in Northern Uganda: A Case-Study from Gulu District, by Sarah Kamya and
Charles N. Bwana.
16. Community-Based Approaches to the Reintegration of Self-Demobilised Child
Soldiers: Th e Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Mulanda Juma.
6. Approaches to the Reintegration of Self-Demobilised Child Soldiers and the
Role of the Community:.
17. Psychosocial Adjustment and Mental Health Services in Post-Confl ict
Sierra Leone: Experiences of CAAFAG and War-Aff ected Youth, Families and
Service Providers, by Theresa Betancourt, Sandra Zaeh, A’Nova Ettien and Laura
Khan .
18. The Fit Between Mental Health Needs and Programming Responses for War-Aff
ected Children in Northern Uganda, by James Okello, Ilse Derluyn, Seggane
Musisi and Eric Broekaert.
PART IV LOOKING BACK, REACHING FORWARD:.
19. War-Aff ected Children, International Crisis of Meaning, and the Limits of
Rehabilitation Programmes, by Vanessa Pupavac.
20. Exploring the Context for Adolescent Mental Health and Psychosocial
Assistance in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, by Cindy Mels, Ilse
Derluyn, Eric Broekaert and Koen Vlassenroot.
21. A Gender Perspective on Girls and Young Women in Armed Confl icts and
Organised Armed Violence – Some Examples from Latin America, by Maria Luisa
Bartolomei.
22. On Children’s Rights and Wrongs: Th e Challenges for a Rights-Based
Approach to Reintegration, by Yannick Weyns.

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:.
1. The child soldier dilemma.
2. The Rome Statute: codification of the crime.
3. The Special Court for Sierra Leone: 'crystallisation' and child soldiers.
4. Special Court for Sierra Leone: the first convictions.
5. Child soldiers at the International Criminal Court.
6. Conclusions.

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Objective, scope, and transitional justice as an
analytical framework. 2. Child recruitment and the rule of law: international
law and the prohibition against recruiting and using children to take direct
part in hostilities. 3. Child recruitment and criminal justice: the Lubanga
case. 4. Child recruitment and historical justice: the Security Council
mechanism on monitoring and reporting. 5. Child recruitment and reparatory
justice: recovery and reintegration of war-affected children. 6. Child
recruitment and institutional justice. 7. Children involved in armed conflict
and participatory justice: balancing rights and responsibilities. 8.
Conclusions: transitional justice and the potential for stronger protection of
the rights of children involved in armed conflicts.

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. PART I: IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
MANDATES. 1. Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen: Introduction. 2. Dan Kuwali:
Article 4(h), the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians.
3. Conor Foley: Defining protection of civilians in the context of armed
conflicts. 4. Dire Tladi: Interpretation of protection of civilians mandates
in United Nations Security Council Resolutions. PART II: PROTECTION OF
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND PROPERTY AT RISK. 5. Thompson Chengeta: Protection of
civilians from wilful killing in armed conflicts. 6. Dan Kuwali: Prevention of
violent extremism in Africa. 7. Cephas Lumina: Protection of children in armed
conflicts. 8. Cristiano d'Orsi: Protection of refugees and internally
displaced persons during armed conflicts. 9. Dan Kuwali, Catherine Nakirya and
Grace Amuge: Protection from sexual and gender-based violence in Africa. 10.
Dan Kuwali and Gudmundur Alfredsson: Protection of minorities. 11. Jan F.
Mutton: Protection of cultural heritage during armed conflicts in Africa. PART
III: MEANS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH MASS ATROCITIES. 12. Anna Larsson
and Dan Kuwali: The role of humanitarian agencies in the protection of
civilians. 13. Thomas Probert: The role of the UN Human Rights Council Special
Procedures in protecting the right to life in armed conflicts. 14. John-Mark
Iyi: The role of courts in protection of civilians. 15. Mphatso Boti-Phiri:
Conflict prevention, peace building and prevention of mass atrocities. 16.
Neville Dastoor and Dan Kuwali: The role of the United Nations Security
Council in protection of civilians. PART IV: LESSONS LEARNT IN PROTECTION OF
CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICTS. 17. Buba Bojang: Protection of civilians in
armed conflicts in West Africa. 18. Bright Nkrumah and Godard Busingye: No
peace, no war: protection of civilians in the Great Lakes Region in Africa.
19. Paul Phiri: Protection of civilians in the Horn of Africa. 20. Joe Stork:
Protection of civilians: experiences from the Middle East and North Africa.
21. Solomon Dersso: The African Union's agenda on the protection of civilians:
a review of its ambition and practice. 22. Noel M. Morada: Asian perspectives
on atrocity prevention and protection of civilians PART V: THE FUTURE OF
PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND PREVENTING MASS ATROCITIES IN AFRICA. 23. Gilbert
Mittawa: Overcoming challenges in protecting civilians. 24. Dan Kuwali: The
future of protection of civilians in Africa. 25. Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen:
Conclusion.